They argue that in South Korea, the pop music, film and soap opera industries are backed and nurtured by the ministry of culture.

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Morris appeared in Michael Caine film in 2000 film Shiner, TV soap Hollyoaks in 2001, and on the West End stage between 1996 and 2006.

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"A trip outside the US does the franchise few favours, " wrote Empire's Kim Newman, saying the film's "few reasonable action sequences are mired in family soap".

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